| Re: Is Shakespeare Irrelevant...
Definitely not irrelevant. His plays have lasted all this time because of their sheer quality and timelesness. Many of the dilemmas within his work are as relevant now as when they were first written.
And if it's adventure and intrigue you seek, he has created some of the finest villains ever - Iago's manipulations of Othello are wonderfully dark but (for me) Aaron's ranting confesion about digging up corpses and scratching meassages in the skin in Titus Andronicus is by far the greatest piece of knavery ever conceived.
Darth Vader, Sauron, Lord Foul? Pussycats compared to Shakespeare's villains.
Maybe I was just lucky to have such a fine English teacher when I was but a nipper but it left me with a great love for Shakespeare - even more than the admiration I have for our very own Scottish Bard (Burns)
Shakespeare is still the greatest writer in the English language and should still be taught a thousand years from now. |